Definitions for GEEKgik

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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

geek(noun)

a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek(noun)

a person with an unusual or odd personality

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

geek(n.)

A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake.

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geek(Noun)

A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

geek(Noun)

A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually asocial. Often used with an attributive noun.

geek(Noun)

An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

geek(Noun)

The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.

geek(Noun)

An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

Why do you hang around with them? Theyu2019re just geeks.

geek(Noun)

A look.

Have a geek at this.

geek(Verb)

To get high on cocaine.

Origin: From British dialect geck from Low German geck, from ; The root still survives in Dutch gek or gekkie in Alsatian word Gickeleshut.

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Geek

The word geek is a slang term for odd or non-mainstream people, with different connotations ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a person heavily interested in a hobby", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to be overly intellectual".
Although often considered as a pejorative, the term is also often used self-referentially without malice or as a source of pride.

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

geek

A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one
who pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not
mainstream social acceptance. Geeks usually have a strong case of
neophilia. Most geeks are adept with computers and
treat hacker as a term of respect, but not all are
hackers themselves — and some who are in fact
hackers normally call themselves geeks anyway, because they (quite
properly) regard ‘hacker’ as a label that should be bestowed by
others rather than self-assumed.One
description accurately if a little breathlessly enumerates
“gamers, ravers, science fiction fans, punks, perverts, programmers,
nerds, subgenii, and trekkies. These are people who did not go to their
high school proms, and many would be offended by the suggestion that they
should have even wanted to.”Originally, a geek was a
carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens. (In early 20th-century
Scotland a ‘geek’ was an immature coley, a type of fish.)
Before about 1990 usage of this term was rather negative. Earlier versions
of this lexicon defined a computer
geek as one who eats (computer) bugs for a living — an
asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a
cheese grater. This is often still the way geeks are regarded by
non-geeks, but as the mainstream culture becomes more dependent on
technology and technical skill mainstream attitudes have tended to shift
towards grudging respect. Correspondingly, there are now ‘geek
pride’ festivals (the implied reference to ‘gay pride’ is
not accidental).See also propeller head,
clustergeeking, geek out,
wannabee, terminal junkie,
spod, weenie,
geek code, alpha geek.